Epitaphios GE34604 E22.Man-Made_Object epitafios.jpg E31.Document TA 959a E42.Object_Identifier GE 34604 E42.Object_Identifier GE 34604 E42.Object_Identifier ecclesiastical embroidery E55.Type liturgical cloth E55.Type Museum Benaki E40.Legal_Body private museum E55.Type Ifigenia Dionissiadou ifi@benaki.gr E51.Contact_Point Koumbari Street 1, Athens E45.Address Georgios, son of Kyriazes E21.Person 'He was pilgrim of the Holy Land' Metropolitan Church of the Greek Community of Ankara E39.Actor ecclesiastical institution E55.Type Museum Benaki E40.Legal_Body Museum Benaki E40.Legal_Body Metropolitan Church of the Greek Community of Ankara E39.Actor Museum Benaki E40.Legal_Body Transfer of Epitaphios GE34604 E10.Transfer_of_Custody E8.Acquisition Metropolitan Church of the Greek Community of Ankara E39.Actor Metropolitan Church of the Greek Community of Ankara E39.Actor Museum Benaki E40.Legal_Body Exchangable Fund of Refugees E40.Legal_Body national foundation E55.Type Exchangable Fund of Refugees E40.Legal_Body Transfer of Epitaphios GE34604 E52.Time-Span 1923 - 1928 Greece E53.Place nation E55.Type republic E55.Type Europe E53.Place continent E55.Type drawer 8 / case 27 / room 6 / floor -1 / new wing E53.Place drawer E55.Type Museum Benaki Main Building E53.Place museum building E55.Type Koumbari Street 1, Athens E45.Address Athens E53.Place city E55.Type national capital E55.Type Greece E53.Place drawer 8 / case 27 / room 6 / floor -1 / new wing E53.Place drawer 8 / case 27 / room 6 / floor -1 / new wing E53.Place Ankara E53.Place city E55.Type national capital E55.Type Asia Minor E53.Place region E55.Type Turkey E53.Place nation E55.Type republic E55.Type Asia Minor E53.Place Eastern Thrace E53.Place region E55.Type Europe E53.Place Turkey E53.Place nation E55.Type republic E55.Type Asia Minor E53.Place Eastern Thrace E53.Place region E55.Type Europe E53.Place Creation of Epitaphios GE34604 E12.Production handwork E55.Type “information is derived from the inscription” Creation of Epitaphios GE34604 E52.Time-Span 1682 - 1682 Istanbul E53.Place Κωνσταντινούπολις E44.Place_Appellation city E55.Type Turkey E53.Place Eastern Thrace E53.Place Despoineta E21.Person needle woman E55.Type gold and silver embroidering E55.Type Order by Georgios, son of Kyriazes E7.Activity commercial order E55.Type Georgios, son of Kyriazes E21.Person Donation by Georgios, son of Kyriazes E8.Acquisition donation to ecclesiastical institution E55.Type Epitaphios GE34604 E22.Man-Made_Object Cross GE34059 E22.Man-Made_Object processory cross E55.Type Museum Benaki E40.Legal_Body Georgios, son of Kyriazes E21.Person Metropolitan Church of the Greek Community of Ankara E39.Actor Ankara E53.Place Despoineta’s professional period E7.Activity needle work E55.Type Despoineta E21.Person Despoineta’s professional period E52.Time-Span 1682 - 1723 Istanbul E53.Place The Lament E55.Type Inscription of Epitaphios GE34604 E34.Inscription medieval Greek E56.Language Inscription text: Center: «ΔΙΑ ΧΕΙΡΟΣ ΑΧΡΕΙΑΣ ΔΕΣΠΟΙΝΕΤΑΣ, ΗΜ(ων) ΔΕΣΠΟΙΝΗΣ ΔΟΥΛΗΣ, ΦΕΙΛΟΠΟΝΕΙΤΑΙ ΤΟ ΠΑΡΟΝ, ΕΝ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΙ» On the lower side: «ΤΗΝ ΠΑΝΣΕΤΠΤΟΝ ΜΩΡΦΗΝ ΤΗΣ ΣΗΣ ΕΠΙΤΥΜΒΙΟΥ ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙΣΑΣ Π[ΡΟΣΕ]ΘΗΚΕΝ ΤΗΔΕ Μ(ητρ)ΟΠΟΛΕΙ ΑΓΓ[ΥΡΑ]Σ ΤΗΣ ΠΡ[…]ΣΤ […] ΚΥΡΙΑΖΗ ΔΕ ΓΟΝΟΣ [ΠΡ]ΟΣΚΥΝΗΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΟΥΛΟΣ ΣΟΥ, ΘΕΙΕ Θ(εο)Υ ΛΟΓΕ ΓΕ[ΩΡ]Γ[ΙΟΣ]» On the right: « ΕΝ ΕΤΕΙ Σ(ωτη)ΡΙΩ ΑΧΠΒ..: ΟΤΕ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΤΑΦΩ ΤΩ ΚΕΝΩ, ΥΠΕΡ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΤΟΣ ΚΑΤΕΤΕΘΗΣ Ο ΠΟΙΗΤΗΣ | ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΤΟΣ ΑΔΗΣ Ο ΠΑΓΓΕΛΑΣΤΟΣ ΕΙΔΟΝ ΣΕ ΕΦΡΙΞΕΝ ΟΙ ΜΟΧΛΟΙ ΣΥΝΕΤΡΙΒΗΣΑΝ ΕΘΛΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ ΠΥΛΑΙ ΜΝΗΜΑΤΑ ΕΙΝΗΧΘΗΣΗΣΑΝ, Σ(ωτ)ΕΡ ΑΝΕΒΟΑ ΣΟΙ ΔΟΞΑ, ΤΗ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΦΙΛ|ΑΝ(θρωπ)Ε.» On the upper inner zone: Η ΖΩΗ ΕΝ ΤΑΦΩ ΚΑΤΕΤΕΘΗΣ Χ(ριστ)Ε, ΚΑΙ ΑΓΓΕΛΩΝ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΑΙ ΕΞΕΠΛΗΤΤΩΝΤΟ, ΣΥΓΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΝ ΔΟΞΑΖΟΥΣΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΣΗΝ. On the lower inner zone: + ΑΙ ΓΕΝΝΕΑΙ ΠΑΣΣΑΙ ΥΜΝΟΝ ΤΗ ΤΑΦΗ ΣΟΥ ΠΡ[ΟΣΦΕΡΟ]ΜΕΝ ΧΡΙ[ΙΣΤΕ ΜΟΥ .Τ]ΡΙΑΣ ΘΕΕ ΜΟ[Υ ΠΑΤΗΡ ΥΙΟ]Σ ΚΑΙ ΠΝ(ευμ)Α ΕΛΕΗΣΟΝ ΤΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟΝ. On the left inner zone: Ο ΕΥΣΧΗΜΟΝ ΙΩΣΗΦ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΥ ΞΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΘΕΛΩΝ ΤΟ ΑΧΡΑΝΤΟΝ ΣΟΥ ΣΩΜΑ ΣΙΝΔΟΝΙ ΚΑΘΑΡΑ ΕΙΛΙΣΑΣ. Εις την δεξιά: + ΑΞΙΟΝ ΕΣΤΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΛΥΝΕΙΝ ΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΖΩΟΔΟΤΗΝ ΤΟΝ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΣΤ(αυ)ΡΩ ΤΑΣ ΧΕΙΡΑΣ ΕΚΤΕΙΝΑΝΤΑ Κ(αι) ΣΥΝΤΡΙ epitaphios function E55.Type epitaphios function E55.Type length 1.50 m E54.Dimension width 1.12 m E54.Dimension 1 silver thread E57.Material gold thread E57.Material silk cloth E57.Material